West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-10-07
LIFE IN VIENNA.
A Jerky description of Scenes in the In
teresting Austrian Capital.
From the Buffalo News.

From the Buffalo news.
Women here carry hods and mix
mortar. Peculiar class. From the
provinces. Wear long boots to the
knee. Short skirts to the boots
Practical dress. But not ornament
al. Seven different costumes seen
daily on the streets. Laborers al
noon lie down and sleep on the pave
ments. Ditto in the parks on the
grass. Both sexes seen lying side
by side. No keep off the grass" al
every turning. Polish Jew frequent
In black gowns reaching to heels
high hats, and long corkccrew curls
Look like Othello. Big dogs draw
inc hand carts. Street cars won't
stop for you. Only at certain places
Indicated by signpost on track.
The tub the universal vessel to car
ry things in. Oval shape. One
stave longer than the rest. So it can
be bound on the carriers back. Car
ries all the water up the six or seven
pairs of stone stairs in the Vienna
houses. Clean clothes ditto for wash.
Separate shops for brandy, beer and
wine. Peasant on spree carries
green twig stuck in his hat-band to
indicate to the Vienna public his
present mental and moral condition.
Hacks hung low on the wheels. Dri-
vers in uniforms. Everything is in
uniform here. Fares low. Ten cents
carries you from Dombach to Leo
polstadt. Suburban villages five or
six miles distant. Emperor and EN-
press are frequently seen driving on
the streets. No fuss all hats go of
as they go by. Ssldiers everywhere;
sentries ditto, in a chronic condition
of saluting officers. Fleas abundant.
Everybody eats at the restaurant.
| Vienna is all restaurant on the
ground floor. Little home cooking
is done. Melange and rolls are the
universal breakfast. Melange is
half coffee and half hot milk, always
brought you in a tall tnm6ler with
a big table spoon. Living here is
very public. If you hire room the
chances are that you must pass
through somebody's bedroom to it,
or have some one pass through yours.
Female help, indifferent or oblivious
to gentlemen dodgers, come right in,
all hours, and without knocking,
when on duty.
Stoves arelike monuments, nine feet
high, covered with porcelain. The
furnace holds about two quarts of
coal. The rest is monument Hand
some men, good shapes, full chests,
fine bass voices. n pleasure to sit in
railway stations and hear the oili-
cials in charge call the trains.
Handsome women ditto. Everybody
out on the street and shopping by s
or 8 in the morning. Nap at noon.
Gardens full Of families dining in
open air at ) p. m. They go it till
9. Music, flowers, statuary all
about. Eating not done at a gulp.
More happiness to the square yard,
Newspapers small. Outside world
disposed of in about twenty lines.
Lots of small comic illustrated pa
pers. "Trink halles" on every cor
ner Round pagodas. Girl inside.
No room for more. Sells lemonade,
orangeade, soda water, and other
light foggy fluid. People here al
ways swallowing something.
Elevator at hotel. Big fuss over
it. Two men in uniform to run it.
Pace, mile an hour. Beds all single.
Everybody seems to sleep single
here. One more bed on top of he'd
quilt. Very light, full of feathers,
in green silk bag
Barracks everywhere. Six stories.
Full of soldiers. Soldiers every
where. Drilling everywhere. Toot-
ing everywhere. Drumming every
where. Soldiers marching past ho-
tel Mt ) in the morning. Always
getting ready to kill somebody.
Same all over Europe. Never out
of sight of bayonet. Nations here
are awfully afraid of each other.
Singular pumps. Very tall. Long,
crooked, iron handle. Reach to the
ground. Tobacco shops all run by
Government. Keep stamps also.
Invariable sign over door "K. K"
(King and Kaiser). The Emperor
does all the tobacco business. Not
much tobacco in their cigars.
Washed out. Price of groceries and
dry goods always marked on article
in shop windows. Helps one to
learn the language. Can read and
translate as you walk.
Cultivated shade trees lay over
ANYTHING in America. SIX rows,
full grown in some streets, with
walks underneath. Fountains,
benches everywhere. All business
streets shaded, not bare to sun like
Broadway or Ninth avenue. Bath
houses five stories high. Everybody
here really washes by the bath and
not by the bedroom washbasin.
Went to one. Girl cashier. Took
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